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A Treasury of Tales for Five-Year-Olds - Gabby Dawnay

2024-07-08T16:37:09+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Snuggle up together and enjoy this collection of charming and engaging stories written by Gabby Dawnay and recommended especially for five-year-olds by literacy experts. A wonderful 5th birthday gift!

This beautiful book contains 40 original and inclusive stories about animals, pirates, dragons, nature, vehicles, music and more, as well as reimagined fairytales from around the world. There will be something for every young reader! The stories are arranged in order of complexity so that the child listening or reading will increase their confidence as they make their way through the book.

The luxurious package with sparkling foil and ribbon marker will make this a must-have gift for a 5th birthday and Heidi Griffiths' charming and engaging illustrations will mean that the child will cherish this book even as they grow older.

A World Full Of Nature Stories: 50 folk tales & legends - Angela McAllister

2024-07-08T16:36:51+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

This beautiful treasury of 50 beloved, nature-themed tales will take readers on a journey to every corner of the globe of stories takes readers on a journey with 50 tales, featuring themes of nature from all around the world.

There are folk tales from home alongside legends and myths from distant lands to commemorate the animals, plants and the changing seasons that make planet Earth so beautiful. Learn about:

The Peruvian tale of Cuniraya and the Magic Fruit,
The story of how lightning began according to an ancient Khasi folk tale from India,
From Ireland, the story of The Bee, the Mouse and the Beetle,
The Master of the Winds in the ancient Iroquois story of The Four Winds,
Paul Bunyan, the giant lumberjack from North American folklore, and
Spain's Queen of the Flowers, who is brought to life one night by a magical fairy.

Best-selling author Angela McAllister retells these folk tales, which are brought to life with beautiful illustrations from Hannah Bess Ross.

A gorgeous addition to a family book collection! Check out the accompanying and equally lovely books, A Year Full Of Stories and A Stage Full Of Shakespeare Stories.

A Treasury of Tales for Four-Year-Olds - Gabby Dawnay

2024-07-08T16:36:32+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Snuggle up together and enjoy this collection of charming and engaging stories written by Gabby Dawnay and chosen especially for four-year-olds by literacy experts. This hardback book with foil detail, ribbon marker and beautiful illustrations is a lovely gift to cherish: perfect for 4th birthdays and Christmas!

Meet a host of colourful characters and join them on their adventures in this fantastic collection of stories. From the garden hijinks in the Slug Olympics, to the delicious story of The Yummiest Cake in the Whole Wide World, to the touching rhyming story The Boy and His Teddy Bear, these stories, some original, some adapted from fairytales around the world, will enchant and enthral in equal measure.

This beautiful book contains original, inclusive and fun stories about animals, dragons, pirates, nature, vehicles, music and much more, so there will be something for every young reader in this rich collection.

The tales are arranged in order of complexity so that the child listening or reading will increase their confidence as they make their way through the book. Most children may not be able to read independently by the age of four, but they can build a foundation of literacy skills. For example, many can recognise letters, understand that print carries a message and know that sentences are read from left to right. Some may even be attempting to read.

Art Makes People Powerful - Bob and Roberta Smith

2024-07-08T16:36:04+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 12.99

This is an amazing art activity book for kids made by celebrated British artist and Royal Academician, Bob and Roberta Smith, which explores how art makes people powerful.

Through his original artworks, discover just how art helps people to learn, through beautifully painted artworks that double as prompts for us to create beautiful art of our own.

Completing activities on and off the page, young readers can't help but to be creative all while using with very few materials, and employing methods based in art historical principles to grow and reflect on themselves as well as their creative journey.

Prompts are painted in Bob and Roberta Smith's unique and distinctive style, in bright and bold colours which will stimulate children's visual imaginations, making this a beautiful object of art as well as a brilliant collection of creative prompts.

From painting the big bang and the universe expanding, to drawing ourselves as well as our ideas, this beautiful book will show us the power inherent in artistic acts, and that we can unlock in ourselves.

A Whole World of Art - Sarah Phillips

2024-07-08T16:35:41+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

This beautifully illustrated book seeks to tell children the true, diverse and decolonised story of art around the world. Even before they could write, people were telling stories with pictures. A Whole World of Art opens your eyes to a global view of art by taking you on a whirlwind tour around the world and through time. With two companions – a boy and a girl – travel through 25 destinations from the history of art, circling the globe and looking at different key works and the lives of the artists who created them.

Each spread features a stunning illustrated scene from art history portraying an artist making important artwork, along with fascinating details about the artists and the time and place in which they lived. Art project ideas provide inspiration throughout.

Discover:

Athens, Greece (450 BCE): gleaming gold statues and marble architecture.
The Ming Dynasty, China (1368–1644): intricate designs, drawings and calligraphy on paper and porcelain.
Benin City, Africa (1550): meet the brass-casters who create elaborately detailed plaques and ornaments only for the Oba (or king).
Coyoacan, Mexico (1907–1954): get to know the painters Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

Written by art history teacher Dr Sarah Phillips, who rewrote and decolonised the A Level syllabus in the UK, and illustrated by talented artist Dion Mehaga Bangun Djayasaputra, this gorgeous book offers a fresh, inclusive view of the history of art.

The Story Orchestra: I Can Play

2024-07-08T16:34:17+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

This beautifully illustrated first piano sound book is part of the bestselling Story Orchestra series. Press the keys to learn eight famous classical tunes from the story books, including The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Carnival Of The Animals.

Even the youngest child can learn to play music with this simple method. Colour and shape codes correspond to the 14 keys, so kids can learn easy 8-bar, one-finger melodies. Each song includes an enchanting illustration and description of the part of the story that the music is telling along with playing tips. All the favourite characters from the series are there to encourage young musicians as they play their first notes with the sound of a piano.

I Can Play:

The Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy – The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
The Dance of the Reed Flutes – The Nutcracker (Tchaikovsky)
Flight of the Swans – Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
Dance of the Cygnets – Swan Lake (Tchaikovsky)
Royal March of the Lions – The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
The Elephant – The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
The Swan – The Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saëns)
Spring Dawn Chorus – The Four Seasons (Vivaldi)

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet, opera and program music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores.

Story Orchestra: In the Hall of the Mountain King - Jessica Courtney Tickle

2024-07-08T16:30:30+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Discover the spellbinding magic of The Mountain King in this musical retelling of Peer Gynt – push the button on each beautiful scene to hear the vivid sound of an orchestra playing from Grieg’s score.

This tale of a boy’s adventure through the valleys and mountains of the Norwegian countryside begins at a wedding feast far, far away. Peer Gynt is bored and he’s longing for adventure. After sneaking off from the party he finds himself at a peaceful lake where he meets some dairy people. When he lies about his escapades riding reindeers through the sky, they dare him to go to the lair of the Mountain King, the king of the trolls. The king’s halls are dark and spooky, and it isn’t long before Peer is captured. How will he escape? And will he learn the importance of humility and the value of friends?

At the back of the book, you'll find a short biography of the composer with details about The Magic Flute. Next to this, you can replay the musical excerpts and read a discussion of the instruments, rhythms and musical techniques that make them so powerful. A glossary defines musical terms.

The Story Orchestra series brings classical music to life for children through gorgeously illustrated retellings of classic ballet and music stories paired with 10-second sound clips of orchestras playing from their musical scores. Check out the other books: Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, Carnival of Animals and The Nutcracker.

Who Laid These Eggs? lift-the-flap book - Laura Gehl

2024-04-24T11:02:15+01:00

Vendor: Chronicle
Type: Books
Price: 6.99

Who Laid These Eggs? is a charming non-fiction board book, which invites children to lift the flaps on every page to learn about eight animal species and their nests.

In this innovative board book, young readers will see eggs in different environments on each spread. They can lift the flaps to discover all of the different animal nests and eggs, and learn a simple fact about each species. Creatures include robins, alligators, ostriches, salmon, butterflies, seagulls, snakes, and chickens, plus the kids who gather the eggs from the coop!

A Miscellany of Mischief and Magic - Tom Adams

2024-04-24T09:26:57+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

Welcome all rascals and tricksters to this marvellous miscellany of mischief and magic! This playful book explores the world of deception and trickery – both the good and the bad.

Learn the secrets of infamous magic illusions and tricks and discover the stories of some of history’s most notorious hoaxes, pranks, and cons. While some are great fun, others contain a serious lesson… understanding past scams can help protect you in the future.

Meet infamous pranksters such as Marcel Duchamp (the French artist who pranked the art world), renowned illusionists and escape artists such as Adelaide Hermann (one of the first female magicians), and cunning con-artists such as George C. Parker (the American who 'sold' the Statue of Liberty). Explore topics such as made-up monsters, alien conspiracies, doctored photos, disguises and pseudonyms, April Fool's Day pranks, and much more.

If you’re feeling mischievous, you can even follow the tips to try your hand at some pranks and magic tricks of your own. But keep your wits about you, because fake hoaxes are included within the pages for eagle-eyed readers to try to spot!

This fun book is perfect for readers young and old who delight in a bit of mischief.

Glow: A Child's Guide To The Night Sky - Noelia González

2024-01-25T17:06:13+00:00

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

This gorgeous book (the follow-up to Grow), is a wonderfully illustrated children's guide to the night sky.

Understand the phases of the moon, learn to navigate by the North Star and discover how to travel through space and time from your own window. This lovely book uncovers how humankind has its history woven into the constellations that light up our skies.

Written by NASA science writer Noelia González and fully illustrated by Sara Boccaccini Meadows, this is the perfect introduction to the night sky for families everywhere.

Wee Gallery cloth book - Peekaboo Pets

2023-12-04T22:53:12+00:00

Vendor: Happy Yak
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Wee Gallery cloth books are a lovely new baby gift. Beautiful illustrations, bold lines, whimsical animals and repeating patterns are all designed to stimulate visual development in infants.

Open out the soft pages of this beautiful, sensory-rich organic cloth book to explore the world of favourite pets, and play peekaboo with dog, cat and fish. Find movable, crinkly, cloth ocean creatures inside: perfect entertainment for little hands and great at stimulating babies' senses. Move dog's tail, cat's body and fish's tail to see what is hiding behind each!

Presented in a sweet gift box, the pages are made with extra padding for an ultra-soft feel, making them ideal for the pram or play mat – and they're machine washable!

The Secret Fairy Club - Emma Roberts

2023-10-25T10:56:12+01:00

Vendor: Magic Cat
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Do you believe in fairies? Would you like to join a secret club of fairy experts, who search for and look after fairies and other magical creatures in the wild?

Now is the time to earn your place in the Secret Fairy Club. Earn 10 badges on your journey towards becoming an official Secret Fairy Club member and learn all about:
- the perfect fairy wardrobe
- where fairies make their homes
- how fairies help the nature around them
- how fairies get ready for a Fairy Ball… and so much more!

Guard the precious knowledge within these pages for the good of all magical kind...

We love the beautiful artwork and gorgeous foil cover. There's even a surprise, second book in the back!

Pirate Peril: Spin To Survive - Emily Hawkins

2023-10-07T08:13:56+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

Decide your destiny with a pop-out fortune spinner in the third book in the brilliant Spin To Survive series.

With this game in a book, you'll embark on a dangerous pirate adventure, set centuries in the past on the high seas, where you will cross swords with swashbuckling scoundrels and mutinous marauders.. Use the pop-out Survival Spinner to learn your fate as you face peril after peril. Have you got what it takes to survive?

Your father, the good-hearted pirate Captain Samuel Swift, has entrusted you with his cutlass and the tattered map leading to his buried treasure. But this is the Caribbean in the 18th century; danger is on the horizon, just below the surface, and perhaps even on board your very own ship...

Will you head out to search for the treasure, sign on with a crew of pirate-hunters, or embark on the riskiest course of all: joining forces with the pirates who betrayed your father?

With your trusty Survival Spinner (included), make your choice and spin to survive. As you play through a new adventure with every read, each scenario might lead to certain death, fame and fortune, or any number of unexpected surprises. On every page, explore a lawless world where ruthless colonisers clash with oceanic outlaws and loyalty is bought for a few pieces of eight. Discover tips for surviving at sea, and put the story in context with historical facts and illustrations.

Play your way past a barrage of dangers as you fight to survive, facing off against hurricanes, sharks, cannon-fire and cut-throats. Prepare for adventure... the journey is bound to be stormy!

Mini Stories - Scout Editions

2023-10-03T19:20:05+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

Mini Stories by Scout Editions invites readers to delve into the hidden histories and enchanting tales behind the everyday objects and wonders that surround us. A super gift for creative adults and families - it's great to dip into and for starting conversations.

This small art book is a collection of the cute illustrations and stories about the objects that feature on Scout Editions' lovely cards. It’s usually an interesting fact about how that object was invented or an insight you may be unaware of.

A collaboration with Counter-Print, Mini Stories came about from Scout Editions's love of history and story-telling. Inspired by the everyday, they delve into the back stories of what surrounds us - from the wonderful natural world to innovative manmade objects we know and love. Everything comes from something and has a story.

This book has eight different cover designs, each with a unique illustration from the book. They fold out to reveal a black and white poster showcasing a collection of icons, specially crafted by Scout Editions.

Please note, you will receive one of the eight covers, chosen at random.

The Big Book Of Nature Art - Yuval Zommer

2023-10-01T20:20:43+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Featuring 22 easy craft projects using natural and recycled materials, The Big Book of Nature Art is a fun and eco way for young children to connect creatively with nature.

Each of the activities can be achieved in four simple steps using natural materials combined with recycled or found materials from around the home. Drawing on Zommer’s years of experience running art workshops for children, The Big Book of Nature Art includes his tips for stress-free ways to get creative with kids.

Each nature art activity requires no more than five minutes set-up and five minutes clean-up, making them easy to achieve and fun for everyone involved. The book also encourages children to see the creative potential in the natural and everyday treasures all around us – from twigs, seed pods, petals and leaves through to loo rolls, pencil shavings, takeaway cutlery and kitchen string.

Little nature artists will enjoy making paper-plate birds; leaf bugs; coffee-cup owls; tree bark bats; and seed pod creepy crawlies, as well as scenes for their creatures to dwell in, from watery worlds to underground tunnels.

Check out Yuval Zommer's The Big Book Of The Blue, The Big Book Of Blooms, The Big Book Of Beasts and The Big Book of Bugs, too.

Tove Jansson (The Illustrators) - Paul Gravett

2023-10-01T12:48:04+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 19.99

From The Ilustrators series, this book is an appreciation of the life and art of Tove Jansson, creator of the much-loved Moomin books.

Tove Jansson drew her first Moomin on an outhouse wall, before committing Moominvalley to the page in the 1940s. This book offers a fresh, insightful appreciation of her life and art, from imaginative child to art student, painter, author, cartoonist and illustrator, bohemian lesbian and Finnish cultural icon. Jansson’s flourishing Moomin books are examined in detail, as are her interpretations of such classics as Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and The Hunting of the Snark, and J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit.

Herbarium - Caz Hildebrand

2023-10-01T12:46:16+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Herbarium is a stylishly illustrated compendium of 100 herbs, designed to enrich our understanding of all their uses. It celebrates all facets of herbs and all their life-enhancing properties. This isn’t just a book for the kitchen – it’s for the greenhouse, the medicine cabinet, the coffee table...

Award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand’s Herbarium is a 21st-century reboot of the traditional herbal compendium. The visual genius behind the international bestseller The Geometry of Pasta, she has created abstract forms and vibrant colours to illustrate 100 essential herbs and to reveal their hidden properties.

From bergamot, comfrey and dill to sassafras, vervain and wasabi, all types of herbs are covered; each is explained through the fascinating history of their uses and symbolism. There are tips on how to use them as seasonings and how to create healing potions, as well as advice on when and how to grow them.

The Book Of Pebbles - Christopher Stocks & Angie Lewin

2023-10-01T12:07:41+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 12.99

Why do we pick up pebbles on the beach? What is it we see in them, and why do we take them home to display on our shelves? Is it their inherent beauty, their infinite variation, or simply their associations with a happy time and place?

In this book – part social history and part practical guide – writer and pebble collector Christopher Stocks unearths the sometimes surprising story of our love-affair with pebbles, and considers how the way we see them today has been influenced over the years by artists, authors and even archaeologists.

Printmaker Angie Lewin is widely admired for her alluringly stylish images of the natural world. She celebrates the experience of walking and sketching along the British coastline, often incorporating pebbles in her limited edition prints and paintings. Many of these feature in the book alongside a series of new images.

Swim & Sun: a Monocle Guide

2023-10-01T12:04:43+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 35.00

In Monocle’s latest book, Swim & Sun, you’ll find their pick of the places in which to cool off when the mercury rises and plenty to get you dreaming about your next dip.

Monocle celebrate the joys of diving into the ocean, leaping into a river and allowing your limbs to stretch – and your mind to clear – as you simply swim. In its visually stunning pages, the guide celebrates the sunny pleasures on offer at their favourite beach clubs, urban pools and lakeside bathing spots. Pick up a copy and jump in. The water’s perfect.

Welcome To The Mysteryverse - Clive Gifford

2023-10-01T11:56:03+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 20.00

Why do we dream? How come more people are right-than left-handed? What’s inside a black hole?

Science is pretty amazing, but even though we know more about our universe than ever before, there still remain lots of unanswered questions that fascinate and perplex even the greatest scientific minds. These are the unknowns, the paradoxes and the things not fully explained or understood. This book is a compendium of these riveting unsolved mysteries, that still have us wondering... How? What? Why?

Whisking readers through some of these holes in our scientific knowledge, this accessible book turns to the unanswered questions, what we do know, and some of the best current theories, as well as some of the most far out suggestions! From the personal (Why do we have fingerprints? Why do we yawn?) to the fundamental (How did life begin? Is anybody out there?) to the downright funny (Why do cats sit in circles?)

Divided into chapters on People, Earth, Nature, Space and Miscellaneous Mysteries, this visually stunning compendium breaks down even the most complex topics and theories so everyone can puzzle over unanswered questions. It will capture the imagination of curious minds young and old. Maybe they can solve some of these riddles. Or maybe, some things will remain in the Mysteryverse ...

Secret Stories Of Nature - Saskia Gwinn

2023-10-01T11:49:42+01:00

Vendor: Wide Eyed Editions
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Nature's secret stories are hidden in every part of the globe, in every pocket of the sea, in ancient ground beneath your feet, up tall mountains you can’t see, in stones, in plants, in birds and beasts. This beautiful field-guide explores the histories and mysteries hidden in the wild, just waiting to be shared.

Readers are invited on a journey around our wonderful world, through wild forests, over mountains high, to the bottom of our oceans and the earth beneath us. Each chapter investigates a different environment and the secret stories of the animals, plants, and natural phenomena of these habitats. Some secrets tell us of links between species, or unusual adaptations and features, others tell us how nature has evolved, and many hold the keys to understanding our planet’s past.

Readers will come away with a wealth of knowledge and discover how looking at nature today can help us understand and unlock mysteries from long ago, from bygone weather to the dinosaurs.

Learn how resin and rock can preserve long-lost plants and creatures, how the rings inside coral skeletons can reveal weather patterns from the distant past, how layers of the seabed can indicate a previous mass extinction occurred, how ice can trap gases and tell us the make-up of our ancient atmosphere, and much more.

The text also touches on how these secrets are often uncovered through scientific research, observation, fossil records, as well as using modern inventions and techniques like carbon dating.

Readers are encouraged search for secrets in nature close to home and explore how we can all help protect the animals, plants and natural features of today so we can continue to enjoy and learn from them.

The fascinating information is brought to life with meticulously detailed, vintage-style artwork from Vasilisa Romanenko, making this book a true treasure trove for the whole family to enjoy.

Cat Family At The Museum lift-the-flap book - Lucy Brownridge

2023-10-01T09:45:54+01:00

Vendor: Frances Lincoln
Type: Books
Price: 14.99

Join the Cat Family on a day out to the museum in this beautiful lift-the-flap book with 140 doors to open and gorgeous, nostalgic illustrations.

Wander through the museum and discover the secrets behind artefacts from around the world and throughout history. Gaze up at European masterpieces, roar at sabre-toothed tigers and marvel at enormous dinosaurs in this magical museum of wonders – there is something for every kitten to enjoy!

Each room explores a different part of history or the world, from the prehistoric times and East Asia to the stone age and the modern world of space. Lift the flaps on each page to uncover the inner workings of the museum and reveal hidden details on each page, from what’s behind paintings and statues to in display cabinets and even under the floorboards!

Richly illustrated in a nostalgic and whimsical style and complete with sturdy flaps for little hands, children will love poring over each scene and discovering charming details

How To Draw A Graphic Novel - Balthazar Pagani

2023-10-01T09:29:07+01:00

Vendor: Thames & Hudson
Type: Books
Price: 16.99

This is the ultimate guide on how to create a graphic novel, packed with professional tips and interviews with leading graphic novelists.

Written by graphic novel producer Balthazar Pagani, the book is structured as a series of short art courses that combine technical advice with creative inspiration. There are lessons in how to construct a narrative, develop characters, design settings, as well as the basics of printing, binding and digital file set-up.

Each lesson has striking illustrations by graphic novel artist Marco Maraggi, and professional artworking tips in the style of a graphic novel by renowned Italian cartoonist and comics lecturer Otto Gabos. The book also includes biographies of and interviews with cult creators who share insights into their working process as well as work from their sketchbooks.

Featuring reproductions and a recommended reading list of famous graphic novels and comic books past and present, this is the ideal workbook for all aspiring graphic novelists.

A Whale Of A Time: a funny poem for every day of the year - Lou Peacock

2023-10-01T09:01:58+01:00

Vendor: Nosy Crow
Type: Books
Price: 25.00

This brilliantly illustrated collection of 366 hilarious poems for children will keep you laughing all year round!

From rib-ticklingly funny to wryly witty, each poem in this uplifting collection is guaranteed to put a smile on your face and is perfect for reading aloud to share even more side-splitting hilarity with family and friends. Whether it’s a poem about socks or spaniels, eggs or elephants, this bright and brilliant collection will bring you cheer and laughter every day.

The spectacular range of poems for children includes work by John Agard, Maya Angelou, Hilaire Belloc, Brian Bilston, Lucille Clifton, Wendy Cope, Roald Dahl, Edward Lear, Spike Milligan, Ogden Nash, Grace Nichols, Jack Prelutsky, Michael Rosen, Christina Rossetti, Benjamin Zephaniah and many more.

This beautifully produced anthology has luxurious cloth binding and ribbon marker: a wonderful gift for all ages.

My First ABC lift-the-flap book - Edward Underwood

2023-09-29T20:18:48+01:00

Vendor: Nosy Crow
Type: Books
Price: 12.99

A beautiful, large-format gift board book with BIG flaps to lift and words to learn on every page. All toddlers and preschoolers will adore learning their letters as they search for objects, animals and people behind the shaped flaps, name what they can see and begin to learn the letter names and sounds of the alphabet.

With vibrant, beautiful illustrations from Edward Underwood, this is the perfect first words book for little ones. It's a brilliant tool for building vocabulary, exploring letters and sounds, stimulating speech and securing the foundations of reading, but most of all, it's full of flaps and FUN!